Pre-ordering books is like having a secret Santa. I totally forgot about this until I found it in my mailbox this afternoon. No wonder; the invoice states I paid in full on Sept 17, 2011. Looking forward to reading it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Unfortunately, our furnace broke last night. Fortunately, we are in the middle of some unseasonably warm weather. Norms are a -5c high, -15c low, but we didn’t even get below freezing last night. Yes, that’s right, I just blogged about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two down, several to go. I’ve decided I’m not going to review them publicly, since they’ve been around a bit, eh? Eh? Know what I mean? They have grown on me, though. I am reading The Fuller Memorandum by Charles […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just got back from a shinny game where, other than Dan, I could have been everyone’s father. Note that I am extremely sore now. Owieee! In other news, ER II just hit year 60 on the throne, and my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I first happened upon Jon Anealio via I Should Be Writing‘s (a well-done writing podcast that I highly endorse) theme song. Hilariously, I assumed Mur and been saying John and Neal Yeo every time she said it, and wondered if they had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every morning, when I dress Owen (my 2yo), he sings the first couple of lines from this song:
So there, book one is complete. I should have finished it two days ago, but there was always something stopping me. I’ll post an actual review later when I’m not so tired (that might mean sometime in 2026, but hopefully […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wrote about this more here, but figured this is easier than cross-posting. Thanks to the Ottawa 67s Booster Club and the team and especially Ryan Van Stralen for making the day so memorable for Trevor!
Once again, here is the Authors born/died on this day list on ISFDB. So many new people born! Authors Born On This Day: Authors Who Died On This Day: Charles Perrault (1628-1703) Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. (1870-1942) Milt Youngren (1899-1969) Clement Hurd (1908-1988) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We usually have CBC Radio 2 on in the background at home (a sign of impending old fogeydom?). Saturday evening, they played a set of jazzy covers of non-jazzy songs, including “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” done by Sophie […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…